Posts

Showing posts with the label elder

Featured Post

I Learn by Doing: A Personal Meditation on the Batak Proverb

Image
I Learn by Doing: A Personal Meditation on the Batak Proverb "You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down." — Batak (Batiki) Proverb That line hits different when you’ve lived it. I chose this proverb for Day 3 of Tribal Quotes because it calls out something deep that many of us are missing: the wisdom of experience. Too often, we get stuck in thought, tangled in theory, or lost in the illusion of needing to be fully ready before we act. But this proverb cuts straight through the noise. You want to learn how to cut down trees? Then cut them down. That’s it. No Flight School for Birds Flying is complicated. Aerodynamics, balance, wing structure—it’s not easy. But birds don’t have academies. They learn to fly by flying. We learn to walk by walking. We learn to talk by talking. And we learn to live by living. But somehow, we’ve been convinced that real learning happens only in classrooms, through lectures, in books. Don’t get me wrong—I value study. But too many of...
Post a Comment
Read more

Belonging To A Conscious Community (Tribing Up)

Image
Peace FAM: I spend a lot of time thinking about our communtiy, and how to best structure it so that we can build something that is lasting. I truly believe in legacy, and understand that I am responsible for the next 7 generations at least. This is why I get up and do my show, because I am trying to add value to my community and build it. For me this is a lifestyle and as uncomfortable as it can be sometimes I know that it is my responsibilty. I have to reach out and build with like minded folks, as well as battle with some that disagree, but the conversation must be waged. I believe that if we do nothing we are condeming our futre generations to continues servitude to a system that will always put their needs last. We must develop structures that will defend our future, and demand from the powers that be, what is owed to us. We must build instituitons that are for us, and controled by us if not, we will end up as a foot note in history. Human beings are social creatures, and that is...
Post a Comment
Read more

In remembrance of Geronimo Ji-Jaga Maat Pratt

Image
Image by crsosone via Flickr Geronimo Pratt we salute you and your life Ancestors await Before I began this blog about elder Geronimo Ji-Jaga Maat Pratt I first want to salute the elders in my life that made it possible for me to meet this man and have a serious discussion with him about the freedom struggle of the past, and the future. My path to meeting elder Geronimo was a long and blessed path that allowed me to run into elders all over this world and it is important for me to send shouts all to all of them , as well help the reader understand the power of service to your community, and walking this Journey. My story begins with meeting an elder by the name of Tony West who did a performance for my incoming class of 1987 at OSU. Through him I was introduces to the African center for study and worship. I volunteered and helped a historian by the name of Nommo X who in turn introduced me to Dr. Moriba Kelsey who gave me my first job in the community, and through this job I met an...
Post a Comment
Read more